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The accelerator program will culminate in a showcase at Coinfest Asia in Bali, scheduled for August 21-22.

Alphabet's AI Overviews feature now attracts over 1.5 billion monthly users, showcasing its popularity.

Visa2Fly, founded in 2022, has processed around 150,000 visa applications for over 70 destinations.

AnyMind's acquisition of Vibula marks its first in Vietnam and 11th globally, enhancing its offerings.

The complaint, submitted on April 24, 2025, claims that OpenAI exploited Ziff Davis' publications.

The company exceeded Q1 2025 revenue expectations but remains cautious as tariffs on imports under US$800 will rise.

LenderLink is building the first high-tech, real-time credit bureau in the country

Michelle Johnston Holthaus, head of Intel’s product division, said customers are hedging against tariffs.

The funding will assist SquareX in expanding its product offerings and advancing its technology.

IBM announced that 15 government contracts, were put on hold due to cost-cutting measures by the Trump administration.

Animon.ai was developed in collaboration with leading Japanese anime producers to enhance video creation.

Half of Hong Kong's workforce is currently using AI agents to automate various workflows.

Isembard's first facility began operations in London, targeting aerospace, defense, and energy sectors.

Once niche, these Chinese platforms are going viral on TikTok - offering US shoppers low prices and offbeat goods that Western sites lack.

Founded in 2023, DeepSeek has primarily focused on AI model research and now seeks product design roles.

This counters recent statements from the White House regarding potential easing of trade tensions.

MidCamp Needs You! We need you!

If you've been looking for non-code opportunities to give back to the Drupal community, we have the perfect solution! Volunteer to help out at MidCamp 2025.  

We’re looking for amazing people to help with all kinds of tasks throughout the event including: 

Setup/Teardown

• For setup, we need help making sure registration is ready to roll, getting hats ready to move, and getting the rooms and walkways prepped for our amazing sessions.

• For teardown, we need to undo all the setup including packing up all the rooms, the registration desk, cleaning signage, and making it look like we were never there.

Registration and Ticketing

• We need ticket scanners, program dispersers, and people to answer questions.

Session Monitors

• Help us to count heads, introduce the speakers and make sure they have what they need to thrive, and help with the in-room A/V (by calling our Fearless Leader / A/V Genius)

Choose Your Own Adventure

• We won't turn away any help, so if there's something you'd like to do to help, just let us know!

Every volunteer will receive credit on Drupal.org, so be sure to include your profile name when you sign up to volunteer.

If you’re interested in volunteering or would like to find out more, please reach out to the #volunteers channel on the MidCamp Slack.

There will be a brief, online orientation leading up to the event to go over the volunteer opportunities in more detail. 

Sign up to Volunteer!

Questions?

Don’t miss a beat!

• Join us on MidCamp Slack to chat and get updates.
• Follow us on socials, including Bluesky and Mastodon, for announcements and news.

Keep an eye on our news page and subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the venue, travel options, social events, and speaker announcements.

MidCamp 2025 is your chance to learn, grow, and connect—don’t miss out!

Do volunteers still need a ticket?

Yes. While we appreciate your help, we still ask volunteers to purchase a ticket. We have flexible ticket options for you to choose from. As a volunteer you'll also get dibs on the MidCamp Archives... our seemingly endless box of vintage swag.

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Organizations can now be rewarded with Drupal contribution credits (among other enticements) for hiring new, inexperienced (IXP) Drupal developers.

After many months (years?) of planning, the Drupal IXP program is open and accepting applications for hiring organizations. From now forward, any participating organization that hires a new Drupal developer (with less than 3 months of paid experience) can earn 250 contribution credits upon successful program completion.

I'm super proud to have been working with Carlos and Anilu (A Drupal couple) and a number of other volunteers on this effort and am really happy to see it launched.

Why?

The Drupal developer community is getting older. With modern Drupal being more challenging to learn for new developers (especially compared with Drupal 7), fewer and fewer new Drupal developers have been joining our ranks. In order to survive, we need to build up the pipeline of new, fresh-minded, Drupal talent.

How does the program work?

Interested organizations can apply to participate at Drupal-IXP.site. After a quick manual review, accepted organizations will be provided with a coupon code to post an IXP position on jobs.drupal.org for free.

We have worked with the Drupal Association on creating a dedicated area for IXP positions on jobs.drupal.org.

Interested IXP developers apply for positions, and upon an offer from one of the participating organizations, both parties notify the Drupal-IXP site that the engagement has begun.

Both the IXP developer and hiring organization are required to submit periodic reports to Drupal-IXP to ensure all program requirements are being met (including a minimum number of mentoring hours.)

Once the minimum program length has been met (160 hours of paid work,) the hiring organization is eligible to receive 250 contribution credits upon a final review by IXP program volunteers. 

What types of tasks are IXP developers suited for?

Keeping in mind that individual IXP’s will have diverse backgrounds, and, based on research we've done, IXP developers may be well-suited for tasks like:

• Drupal core and module updates
• Drupal site-building
• Quality assurance

Depending on the non-Drupal background, IXPs might also be well-positioned to take on more complex or specific tasks.

We realize that the more guidance we can provide hiring organizations, the more successful this program will be; so we’ve started a Best practices for hiring organizations document and plan on collecting data from more organizations to help provide additional information (and case studies) to help with the IXP hiring process.

What are the program requirements?

The complete Drupal IXP requirements for interested parties are available at https://www.drupal.org/ixp

The IXP for new developers page details the minimum recommended skills level (although hiring organizations are welcome to hire at any skill level) as long as the IXP developers being hired have less than 3 months of paid experience.

The IXP for organizations page details mandatory program requirements including, but not limited to, at least 160 hours of paid work and a minimum of 1 hour of mentoring for every 10 hours of work.

Moving forward

This is only the beginning of the Drupal IXP program. We are looking forward to learning valuable lessons along the way, and fully expect the program to evolve as more and more organizations get involved.

Have questions? Fee free to use our Contact page or ping us in #ixp-fellowship channel of the Drupal Slack workspace.   

 

Founded by Alex Lazarow, Fluent Ventures has already invested in regions spanning six continents.

Electra plans to use the funds to build a demonstration plant in Colorado later this year.